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Starting Out with Your OmniBook
Special Features
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The Input/Output Menu of the SCU
COM Port...
Serial Port addresses and interrupts.
LPT Ports...
Printer Port addresses and interrupts.
LPT Type...
Standard AT (Centronics) or Bi-directional (PS/2).
Keyboard Setup...
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“
Key Delay
”
: How long a key must be held down before characters start
repeating.
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Key Repeat Rate
”
: Once repeating starts, how many characters per
second are repeated.
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Keyboard Numlock
”
sets whether Num Lock (Nm Lk) is on or off at boot-
up (system restart).
External Devices...
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“
VGA Display device
”
. If you have an external display connected, you can
choose to have the display appear on just the external display, or on both
the external and the OmniBook displays.
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Force recognition of external VGA
”
. If the OmniBook does not recognize
your external display, this setting will force it to.
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“
Enable External FN Key
”
. If an external keyboard without an FN key is
connected, then pressing CTRL+ALT on the external keyboard is
equivalent to pressing FN on the OmniBook keyboard.
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“
Ignore External Pointing Device
”
. If you want to use the internal mouse
while an external mouse is connected, turn this setting on.
Audio Port...
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“
Basic Audio
”
. If you have a sound board installed in a docking system,
turn on Disable Internal to disable the OmniBook's internal sound chip.
Beeper Volume and Audio Volume control the master volume levels for
the beeper and the sound speaker.
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“
Advanced Audio
”
. For a given Audio address, you can specify an IRQ
(interrupt value) and a DMA (direct memory access) channel.
Enable IrDA IR
Toggles IR port on and off.
The Power Menu
Power Controls...
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“
CPU Power Management
”
. Choose
“
Maximum
”
for greatest power
savings.
“
None
”
prevents automatic power-down of the hard-disk drive.
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Auto Turn Off w/ Batteries
”
and
“
HDD power-down w/ Batteries
”
.
Automatic turn-off times when batteries are supplying the power.
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Auto Turn-Off w/ A/C
”
. Automatic turn-off time when using ac power.
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Port Activity
”
. Activity of any of the checked ports prevents automatic
turn-off.